Did you know that each year Americans eat around 4 BILLION gallons of popcorn? No wonder we celebrate National Popcorn Day! Popcorn is definitely one of the most popular snacks around here in the US.
In honor of today’s holiday, we decided to pop some popcorn and enjoy a nice movie marathon. I picked up some microwaveable Kettle corn the previous night. Tonight we are creating some dark chocolate drizzled popcorn for dessert! Hopefully it turns out alright enough to make a blog post. I found some tips on Pinterest luckily. I also found some great Valentine’s Day ideas to do with popcorn. I especially like the ideas to create “pink popcorn balls”. Looks like tons of fun and I’m sure everyone will enjoy eating them as much as creating them!
Now what would any holiday post be without a little bit of a history lesson! It has been said that popcorn has been around a long time. Native Americans would place hot stones over a fire and then throw ears of corn on the stones to make them pop. However, I didn’t realize exactly how old popcorn was until I surprisingly learned about ancient popcorn ears that were discovered by archaeologists back in the 1940s in New Mexico. Turned out those ears were actually 5,600 years old! How crazy is that?
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What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?
Sarah Lewis says
We LOVE popcorn around here :) Probably a little too much. LOL
Krista says
We love popcorn…in fact I am eating some Kettle Corn right now!
Jennifer Williams says
My favorite is parmesan cheese sprinkled on it. Nobody in my house likes it that way so I can actually enjoy it without sharing. I do make them their own though.
Rena (An Ordinary Housewife) says
I like caramel popcorn and also movie popcorn with butter. Yes, I know it’s not good for you…:-/
maria @close to home says
I am a cheese popcorn lover, then plain buttered then caramel. Although put them all together and you have a trifecta!!
Bridget A says
Popcorn is our dessert of choice! We LOVE popcorn!
kewkew says
Didn’t know it was national popcorn day yesterday. Glad we had some anyway. We always have movie and popcorn night on Saturdays.
Alaina Bullock says
Caramel popcorn is my favorite! Unfortunately, it does not go well with being on a diet!! LOL!
Sharon says
Love popcorn with cinnamon and sugar sprinkles!